Next Friday, 16 September, we welcome Ken Bryan for a return visit from the Isle of Skye http://www.ken-bryan.co.uk with his lecture of outstanding landscapes. Besides landscape photography, Ken also paints and produces pottery. He will have pottery and greetings cards for sale on the night. Don’t forget to bring some cash with you to buy those early Christmas presents.

Looking a little further ahead, Friday 30 September is the final night to submit images for the first merit pdi competition. If you’re not familiar with the rules then please read them here. or speak to one of the committee members before entering the competition.Guide is here.Entry page is here.

The second competition is “Show us why Lawley is such a great place to live” You can send up to 3 photographs, along with your name, postal address, telephone number and age by email to photocomp@lawleyvillage.com Each photo should be sent as an attachment no bigger than 2MB. Attachments should be titled with your name and age category. Please include a description of what the photo is about, when it was taken and why you chose to submit. 1st Prize for adults is £500 and 2nd prize is £100. Last year Regan won 2nd prize in the under 18s and Tim won 2nd prize in theadult section. I can’t find the full terms and conditions online but you can pick up a leaflet with this information at the clubroom. Closing date 30 September.

The Wrekin Salon is open for entries http://wrekinartspc.com/wrekin-salon-2016-home-page and club members are encouraged to enter and win medals reserved just for you. If you’re on Social Media please post a link to the Salon site. We’re trying to encourage more people to enter this year.

Finally, If anyone has information you think may be useful to other club members then please send it to me and I’ll publish it in the next Newsletter.